World War I Today

Austria-Hungary bombards, Belgrade, the Serbian Capital from its gunboats on the Danube

Austro-Hungarian riverboats shelling Belgrade, the capital of Serbia, from the Danube River, part of the border between Austria-Hungary and Serbia. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia on July 28, 1914, and bombarded Belgrade the next day. Illustration by Fr. Jung (Franz Jung-Ilsenheim).